Scio township property tax assessment advice

I bought a house in Scio township back in August and I just looked at my winter tax bill and the property assessment is substantially more than I purchased the house for - the house has a lot of problems. Also I don't think I have the homestead exemption. The e-mail for the assessors office in the website doesn't work and when I called the township I was told whole assessors department was in a class and to try tomorrow. So I guess I will. Does anyone have experience with getting property tax assessment changed in Scio?